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Arrowstreet Inc.

  • https://lccn.loc.gov/n87121249
  • Corporate body
  • 1961-

Arrowstreet Inc., based in Boston, Massachusetts, is a full-service architecture, urban design, planning, interiors, and environmental graphics firm that has been creating award-winning projects across the globe for over five decades.

Wolfe, William P.

  • Person
  • 1910-1995

William P. Wolfe, also referred to his clients as Bill, was a Montreal antiquarian dealer of old and rare books, paintings, prints, maps, and manuscripts specializing in Canadiana. Born in Regina in 1910, Wolfe became interested in historical memorabilia at age fourteen. He moved with his parents to Montreal at age fifteen in 1925. Wolfe worked for thirty years as a book printer until 1956 when he opened up his antiquarian book store in Old Montreal, William P. Wolfe Bookseller Inc. He ran his business during the approximate years of 1950 and 1980. Wolfe first opened his shop at 400 Atlantic Avenue in Montreal from roughly October 1958 and June 1959. He then moved to 2050 Goyer in Montreal around 1959. Wolfe moved his business one final time in 1964 and remained there until 1980. In October of 1980, Wolfe sold his business and established the Canadiana Gallery where he continued the business of buying and selling early Canadian paintings, topographical watercolours and engravings, antiquarian maps, historical and literary manuscripts, and ephemera. At this gallery, Wolfe took on the role as director from October 1980 to 1984 which was located at 4920 Maisonneuve W. Boulevard in Montreal. Wolfe retired in 1986 and died around 1995.

Arrington, G. B.

  • https://lccn.loc.gov/n85223420
  • Person
  • 1950 or 1951-

G. B. Arrington is a pioneer in light rail and other transit projects. He grew up in Silverton, Oregon, a small town just east of Salem, where his father was mayor. He graduated from Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon (B.A. in political science, 1972) and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland (M.A. in town and country planning). When Arrington returned to Oregon in the mid-1970s, he found himself in the middle of what he calls a “harmonic convergence.” Portland was looking to revitalize its downtown core. He worked early in his career for Senator Packwood and Governor Goldschmidt and was also an adjunct faculty member at Lewis & Clark, teaching The Politics of Planning. He eventually landed at TriMet, where, for the next 20-plus years, he worked on a project that would become Portland’s famed MAX, a pioneering light rail system connecting Portland and its suburbs. Arrington left TriMet in 1999 after the opening of the westside MAX to join Parsons Brinckerhoff, one of the world’s preeminent international planning consultants. He has travelled the world as their vice president, consulting on projects from the swamps of Opa Locka, Florida, to the beaches of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Arnoldi, George Dorland, 1801-1836

  • Person
  • 1801-1836

George Dorland Arnoldi, Esq., was born on July 17, 1801, in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec.

He was a notary public practicing in Montreal.

He died on October 13, 1836, in Montreal, Quebec.

Arnold, A. J.

  • Person
  • -1898

A. J. Arnold, Esq., was first the treasurer, then the travelling secretary for the south of Europe, assistant secretary and later the General Secretary of the British Evangelical Alliance in London in the late 1800s. He edited the Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference of the Evangelical Alliance held in London, June–July 1896. He made frequent and exhausting journeys throughout Europe. Arnold was known for promoting the cause of religious freedom in continental Europe and the importance of practical unity among all churches holding the evangelical doctrines of grace. He resided in North America for four years.

He died in 1898.

Arnheim, Gus

  • https://lccn.loc.gov/n92110811
  • Person
  • 1897-1955

Gustave Arnheim was born on September 11, 1897, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He was an American pianist and an early popular band leader. He is noted for writing several songs, his first hit being "I Cried for You" (1923). He was most popular in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles for eight years. He also played at the Chicago Chez Paree, New York Palace and later toured with the "George White Scandals" in Europe. He also had a few small acting roles and was the conductor/lyricist in four films.

In 1924, he married Dorothy Valerie Cohen (1905–1993). He died of a heart attack on January 19, 1955, in Los Angeles, California.

Arnesen, Kim André, 1980-

  • https://lccn.loc.gov/no2014102918
  • Person
  • 1980-

Kim André Arnesen was born on November 28, 1980, in Trondheim, Norway.

He is a Norwegian composer. He is known for his choral compositions, both a cappella, accompanied by piano or organ, or large-scale works for chorus and orchestra. He was educated at the Music Conservatory in Trondheim, Norway. As a composer, he had his first performance in 1999 with Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir. Since then, he has written music that has been performed by several choirs all over the world. His first CD album, "Magnificat," was nominated for Grammy Awards 2016 in the Best Surround Sound Album category. His "Cradle Hymn" was a part of the regional Emmy Prize-winning show "Christmas in Norway." Arnesen is an elected member of the Norwegian Society of Composers.

Armstrong, J. R.

  • Person

J. R. Armstrong served as the Treasurer (1881-1886) and President of the Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society (1887-1888).

Armstrong, George Frederick, 1842-1900

  • Person
  • 1842-1900

George Frederick Armstrong was born on May 15, 1842, in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England.

He was an English engineer and educator specializing in railway, civil, and sanitary engineering. He graduated from King's College, London (1860) and Cambridge University (B.A., 1864; M.A., 1867). Armstrong began his career as an assistant engineer under Richard Johnson, the then Chief Engineer of the Great Northern Railway. By 1869, he returned to work at the company's locomotive works at home in Doncaster and later became engineer of the Isle of Man Railway Company. In 1871, he became the first Professor of Civil Engineering at the Applied Science School of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1876, the Chair of Engineering in the then recently founded Yorkshire College at Leeds was established. He accepted the appointment of its first Professor of Engineering, a post he held for about five years. In 1885, Armstrong, who was of Scottish descent, was appointed by the Crown to become the second Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, a post he held until his death. He inaugurated courses on sanitary engineering for the benefit of the medical students studying public health. He also became an engineering adviser to the Local Government Board for Scotland under the Public Health Act. He was the honorary local secretary for the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Iron and Steel Institute and the British Association, as well as the Honorary President of the East of Scotland Engineering Association. He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. Armstrong was President of the Sanitary Engineering Section of the British Institute of Public Health in Edinburgh in 1893. He was elected President of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts in 1896 and became a Fellow at his alma mater, King's College, in 1899. In his final years, Armstrong was an external examiner in engineering at the University of Wales and a member of the Board of Trustees of Wordsworth College. He served as Justice of the Peace for his home county of Westmorland and Chairman of the Grasmere District Council.

In 1893, he married Margaret Anne Brown (1847–1906). He died on November 16, 1900, in Grasmere, Westmorland, England.

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